Private dredging to compete with Army Corps of Engineers
 

http://www.courant.com/community/wes...,7120621.story

Private dredging to compete with Army Corps of Engineers
 

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On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:06:11 -0700, "Stanley Tobasco"
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http://www.courant.com/community/wes...,7120621.story


Yeah, so? That river was completely dredged about 10 years ago, and
they have gone back and done additional dreging in trouble spots since
then. There was a pretty big dredging there of the entrance channel in
2008. It's not like so many other harbors that haven't been dredged at
all since the 1960's.


Your point is the river requires frequent dredging?

Private dredging to compete with Army Corps of Engineers
 

Stanley Tobasco wrote:
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On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:06:11 -0700, "Stanley Tobasco"
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http://www.courant.com/community/wes...,7120621.story

Yeah, so? That river was completely dredged about 10 years ago, and
they have gone back and done additional dreging in trouble spots since
then. There was a pretty big dredging there of the entrance channel in
2008. It's not like so many other harbors that haven't been dredged at
all since the 1960's.


Your point is the river requires frequent dredging?


That depends on the number of old cars and bicycles
at the bottom.
It maybe also depends on the amount of other
sediments carried downstream.
In my country the first reasons are the most important
in urban areas, boatloads of bicycles around Amsterdam.

Private dredging to compete with Army Corps of Engineers
 

On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:49:03 -0700, "Stanley Tobasco"
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On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:06:11 -0700, "Stanley Tobasco"
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http://www.courant.com/community/wes...,7120621.story


Yeah, so? That river was completely dredged about 10 years ago, and
they have gone back and done additional dreging in trouble spots since
then. There was a pretty big dredging there of the entrance channel in
2008. It's not like so many other harbors that haven't been dredged at
all since the 1960's.


Your point is the river requires frequent dredging?


Perhaps the corps of engineers could have spent a little of that money
figuring out how to fix the underlying problem, rather than endlessly
****ing it away. If you ever visit that place, you should be able to
figure it out very quickly without spending millions of dollars on a
study.

Private dredging to compete with Army Corps of Engineers
 

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Perhaps the corps of engineers could have spent a little of that money
figuring out how to fix the underlying problem, rather than endlessly
****ing it away. If you ever visit that place, you should be able to
figure it out very quickly without spending millions of dollars on a
study.


The newsclip did mention private citizens taking the matter into their own
hands. This is all very newsworthy, your insights and experiences could be
valuable to others if you are willing to share it. What is the actual cause
of the problem as you see it?